Yesterday (New Year's Day), our pastor's wife was our speaker at church. Basing her message on the courageous journey of Ruth (in the Bible), Jodi challenged us to throw away our list of resolutions and replace it with just one.
Through the filter of what God has for each of us, LEAD YOURSELF.
Those words have such a generous Holy Spirit ring to them. Simple, yet powerful.
So today...how do we begin to lead ourselves? If LEAD YOURSELF is the engine that will drive our 2012 model car, is there a special starter?
I think yes.
Put the key in the special starter called LIKE YOURSELF. I don't mean like your hips, your complexion, your hair--those likes and dislikes will come and go all of your life. I mean LIKE YOUR SOUL. Like WHO God started with when He created the unique blueprint of your personality and soul.
It's a choice, you know. When you simply choose to like who God made you to be, and you push away the lies that you hear to the contrary (dozens of times a day), you start the process of LEAD YOURSELF. Ruth liked herself enough to let herself be led by God into the incredible, His incredible that He designed just for her.
Here's to liking yourself to start the process of leading yourself to find the 2012 incredible designed just for you by God Himself.
